SOUTHEAST EL

SOUTHEAST EL is an elementary-level community of high-enrollment scale in HOUSTON, Texas, part of YES PREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC, educateing 816 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 57% bigger than the state mean of about 519.

SOUTHEAST EL is one of 24 schools operated by YES PREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC, a district that hosts 19,573 students overall.

On the student-mix side, SOUTHEAST EL lists that 89% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder is composed of 7% Black, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, SOUTHEAST EL has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting SOUTHEAST EL higher than the state norm the norm. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Harris County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SOUTHEAST EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.3%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Harris County shows median household income runs about $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which SOUTHEAST EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: YES PREP - SOUTHEAST, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SOUTHEAST EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SOUTHEAST EL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 35.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. SOUTHEAST EL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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